The Britannic, a hospital ship during WWI, sank in 1916 after striking a mine in the Aegean Sea. Like its famous sibling, the Titanic, its wreck continues to attract explorers more than a century after it sank. #DrainTheOceans is now streaming on Disney and Hulu. Stream the #ourHOME collection all month long. | National Geographic History

⚓ The Different Fates of Titanic and Britannic The RMS Titanic sank in the cold North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg. She broke apart as she went down, taking over 1,500 lives — one of the deadliest maritime disasters in peacetime history. Her younger sister ship, HMHS Britannic, met a different end. Serving as a hospital ship during World War I, she struck a mine near Greece in 1916. Due to improved safety measures, many more people survived — but Britannic still sank wit

Why Did Britannic Sink So Fast? (55 minutes) On November 21, 1916, HMHS Britannic struck a German mine off the coast of Greece. The explosion flooded the forward compartments — but what made her sink much faster was that many portholes were left open for ventilation while she was serving as a hospital ship. This allowed water to rush in above the watertight bulkheads, causing the ship to flood rapidly and capsize. Do you think she could have survived if the portholes were closed? ⭐ Support this

21K views · 352 reactions | The Britannic sank in just 55 minutes, three times faster than her sister ship, the Titanic. | National Geographic TV | Facebook